Patricia de Lille will resign from her position as mayor of Cape Town effective from October 31 after protracted battles with the Democratic Alliance (DA). Three sources inside the party have confirmed to the Mail & Guardian that De Lille has tendered her resignation. The mayor will remain a member of the DA, but will..Continue reading…

In a very surprising turn of events, the scheduled motion of no confidence against Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille has been scrapped by the DA. Yes, somehow, De Lille and the DA have managed to reach some sort of agreement. Patricia De Lille vs the DA: A potentially monumental agreement? With the Cape Town..Continue reading…

If you’ve taken a stroll down Sea Point promenade recently, you might have spotted a streak of green liquid running into the ocean. It was first spotted about a week ago, with complaints laid on social media. After a brief investigation, the local government have given residents an update on the situation. What is the..Continue reading…

A sewage spill at Clifton Beach (one of Cape Town’s larniest beaches),forced the City of Cape Town to issue a warning on Wednesday that people should stay out of the sea. A sewage spill at Clifton 1st Beach — near The Bantry‚ where an apartment recently sold for R53.8-million — forced the City of Cape..Continue reading…

A small group of protesters have erected a shack and are demonstrating in front of Premier Helen Zille’s residence. The protesters have told Eyewitness News that nothing is being done in their communities. Some of their major concerns are land and housing. Amanda Makolwa, a resident of Cross Roads in Philippi, says that the government..Continue reading…

Cape Town will be hosting the SpaceOps 2020 conference, which is set to bring over 600 global Space specialists to the Western Cape. This after the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with the Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau won the bid to host the conference which will be taking place..Continue reading…

The Sovereign State of Good Hope (SSGH) took down the South African flag and hoisted their flag in Cape Town on 16 July 2018 at 11h00. Parliament in Cape Town has been served with an Eviction Notice to vacate the property by Friday, 20 July 2018. The Sovereign State of Good Hope is the formation..Continue reading…

Footprint Africa Business Solutions (FABS) moves from IoT development into healthcare by creating Doc-in-a-box and brings a plethora of medical tools and technologies for those living and working in rural areas. There is a way to catch the challenges on the African continent in a web of innovation and ingenuity. It doesn’t involve extensive expense […]

A new class of drugs has the potential of reducing cardiovascular risk by targeting a specific microbial pathway in the gut. Unlike antibiotics, which non-specifically kill gut bacteria and can lead to adverse side effects and resistance, the new class of compounds prevents microbes from making a harmful molecule linked to heart disease without killing […]

Despite repeated assurances that bankrupt state entities will not be helped out again, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Cabinet announced that R59 million of taxpayers money will be spent to prevent entities such as SAA, SABC, Post Office and SANRAL, that are unable to pay their bills, from collapsing. SANRAL can no longer borrow money, the..Continue […]

It could have been comical if it was not so bizarre, ironic and almost criminal. The ANC released a list of farms they intend to expropriate. Of course the list would be scrutinized (how dumb does the ANC think voters are?) So we did just that: The first two farms on the list are Lukin..Continue […]

Northam – Northam is a small town located in Northam province of South Africa, a closely-knit community characterised mainly by mining and agriultural and game farming. The farming community in Northam is subject to the latest spat of illegal landgrabs in South Africa. Section 25 of the country’s constitution is in the process of being..Continue […]

The past is a foreign country. Until it shakes us out of our collective slumber on a cold Sunday morning. It confronts us from the front page of a Sunday paper. Secrets long hidden burst to the fore like a ripe abscess. The recent revelations of the sexual abuse of boys by National Party ministers […]

Following the South African government’s announcement that it will expropriate the land of white owners “without compensation”, the number of farm attacks has surged in the country. Within a 48-hour period, at least five such attacks were recorded. “We see attacks every weekend and according to our figures, there is one farm attack every day..Continue […]

According to the World Health Organisation, Africa has one of the highest hepatitis infection rates in the world. Sadly, many people are unaware they have it. Hepatitis affects 60 million people in Africa. Worldwide, an estimated 325 million people are living with chronic hepatitis-B virus (HBV) or hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infections. What makes this particularly concerning […]

Afrikaner interest group AfriForum’s publication of an alleged list of farms that it claims are being targeted for land expropriation without compensation has been met with condemnation by agricultural lobby group, AgriSA.Continue reading...

A report in Sunday Times reveals that a furious Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has uncovered possibly one of the greatest scams of state funds in South African history. According to the paper, government is investigating collusion between people suing government hospitals for malpractice and state attorneys who either settle cases that have no merit whatsoever […]